Animal Behavior Nightlife

Join us and a few of our furry friends for a night all about animal behavior.

-----> Looking for your own animal companion? Visit the San Francisco SPCA corral to meet some kittens and puppies available for adoption and learn more about the organization’s efforts to find homes for every stray.

-----> Like your animals a little bit more on the wild side? Meet a sloth, lemur, and fennec fox when Classroom Safari brings their engaging live animal program to the garden.

-----> Change up your own animal behavior and get off your phone to watch the internet’s funniest, most dramatic, and awww!-worthy cat videos with friends! Enjoy CatVideoFest, the offline celebration of online cat videos, curated by filmmaker Will Braden, the creator of Henri, Le Chat Noir.

-----> Listen to a fascinating talk by Dr. Nathan Lents, author of Not So Different: Finding Human Nature in Animals, which traces how the evolutionary forces of cooperation and competition have shaped humans and animals.

-----> Some of the most fascinating animal behavior can be seen in avian mating rituals. In the dance performance "Aves," choreographer Roxanne Gray explores the courtship rituals of birds and the art of finding a mate in the animal kingdom.